Thousands of people descended upon the National Mall on the afternoon of March 21 for the March for America, and while jobs and immigration reform were supposed to be the dual themes of the rally, it was clear by the number of Latinos in attendance which topic was more important. Marchers ...

Michigan State reserve guard Korie Lucious nailed a clutch three-pointer at the buzzer to push No. 5 MSU Spartans over the No. 4 Maryland Terrapins, 85-83, and put down a furious late rally by Maryland. Maryland star Greivis Vasquez pulled off his famous late-game heroics to give his team a ...

House lawmakers on March 21 passed a massive health care reform bill in a 219-212 vote, the culmination of months of heated debate in Washington, D.C. and around the country. House Democrats passed the bill after a group of pro-life party members reached a separate agreement with the White ...

The second annual DC-CAPital Stars Talent Competition and Night of DC-CAPital Stars Gala drew more than 400 persons to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on March 8. The show kicked off with a tribute to Michael Jackson featuring a medley of song and dance featuring the ...

It was all smiles and high-fives for students and fans of the Morgan State Bears early on, but that happiness lasted only about 15 minutes as No. 15 seed Morgan State was routed by No. 2 West Virginia, 77-50, in an NCAA tournament first round matchup on March 19 in Buffalo, N.Y. MSU leapt out ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In the spirit of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, in which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech, tens of thousands of people are expected to swarm the National Mall on March 21 to demand inclusive ...

The U.S. Senate on March 17 unanimously passed a bill that would make crucial changes to current cocaine sentencing laws. The Fair Sentencing Act was originally introduced by Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) to correct a current 100-1 disparity between crack and powder cocaine sentencing under ...

Haitian woman, already suffering severe conditions from the January 12 earthquake, which devastated the county, are increasingly becoming rape victims, according to an Associated Press report. “They grabbed me, put their hands over my mouth and then the three of them took turns,” a ...

President Obama successfully predicted 13 of 16 winners in the first round of the NCAA tournament played on March 19—fortunately for Marylanders, his winners included their No. 4 Terrapins, who smacked around the No. 13-seeded University of Houston Cougars, 89-77, in a Midwest regional ...

Nearly 150 D.C. students, parents and school faculty embarked on the annual College Round-Up in Tarboro, N.C., led by Councilmember Kwame R. Brown. This marks the third year that Brown has escorted D.C. high school students to the event, where many students received on-the-spot offers ...

Talkers Magazine has included radio host Larry Young on its prestigious list of the most important talk show hosts in the country. This is Young’s fourth appearance on the list. Young was named number 63 in the magazine’s “Heavy Hundred” listing, for his ...